Ukraine confirms strike on Russia's Novokuybyshevsk oil refinery PHOTO/UPDATED

Ukraine’s General Staff has confirmed that Ukrainian forces struck the Novokuybyshevsk Oil Refinery in Russia’s Samara Region overnight on August 22, following earlier reports of a fire at the facility.

“On the night of 22 August 2026, units of the Ukrainian Defence Forces struck facilities at the Novokuybyshevsk Oil Refinery in the Samara Region of the Russian Federation, resulting in a fire on the refinery’s premises,” the General Staff said, Caliber.Az reports.

The Novokuybyshevsk Oil Refinery is part of Russia’s state-controlled Rosneft oil company and has an annual crude oil processing capacity of around 8.8 million tonnes.

According to Ukraine’s General Staff, the refinery produces more than 20 types of petroleum products, including motor and aviation fuel, diesel and lubricant components. The Ukrainian military said the facility’s products are also used to support the Russian armed forces.

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A fire broke out at the Novokuybyshevsk Oil Refinery in Russia’s Samara Region following an overnight drone attack, according to an OSINT analysis by ASTRA.

The regional authorities declared a drone alert on the night of August 22. Local residents reported hearing air defence systems operating and seeing plumes of smoke.

An ASTRA OSINT analyst, examining eyewitness footage published by the monitoring channel Exilenova+, identified the site of the fire as the Novokuybyshevsk Oil Refinery.

The refinery is operated by JSC Novokuybyshevsk Oil Refinery, part of Russian oil producer Rosneft.

The facility has previously been targeted in drone attacks. Following a Ukrainian strike on April 18, both of the refinery’s primary crude oil processing units, AVT-11 and AVT-9, were shut down, according to sources cited by Reuters.

By Sabina Mammadli